Venue: Miller Park
Game Day: April 2, 2011
Roadmates: Mike (friend)
MVP: Taylor Green 1-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R Also he signed autographs well past his time slot up until player introductions. The guy was awesome.
Announced Attendance: 11,312
Recap: The Brewers Rising Stars Game was an excellent opportunity to get out to Miller Park even before the opening day crowd. Seats were just ten dollars and with an announced crowd of just over 11,000 great seats were there for the taking (we sat first row behind first base). The new scoreboard was on display, but more importantly so was the Milwaukee Brewers top minor league talent, as both teams were made up of Brewers prospects.
Pitching prospects dominated the game with the eight pitchers giving up just two runs on five hits. I'd love to say this is a great development for the Brewers, but really none of the hitters looked Major League caliber and while the pitchers looked much better none looked like more than fringe players, save for maybe Kyle Heckathorn.
The game experience was a blast. You could tell the guys were excited to get a chance to play in Milwaukee and the fans were just thrilled to be there. I won a Lee Haydel jersey in the jersey raffle which was pretty cool, but more importantly I tried a Four Loko for the first time. My feelings on said semi-legal product are best described here.
Go Brewers! Get it done now because the future looks, uh, bleak.
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